# CLONE [Intro — dark ambience] [footsteps approaching] 002: Took you long enough. 001: Who are you? 002: ... Look at me. [system voice] PROJECT MIRROR // CONNECTION ESTABLISHED [Verse 1 — 001 / aggressive rap] Same face. Same eyes. But you ain't me. I got scars on my skin You could never see. I remember the nights, I remember the pain, I remember my father— 002: You remember what they put in your brain. 001: Enough! You don't know what I've seen! 002: I know every nightmare. I was there in your dreams. 001: You're a copy! A fake! Some experiment they made! 002: Then tell me why I'm holding Memories you can't explain. [Beat Switch] 002 — calm, technical flow: Let's analyze. Subject One believes He's the original design. Cute. But your childhood? Fabricated. Your mother? Simulated. Your fear of being abandoned? Carefully calculated. Every kiss. Every loss. Every tear that you cried. Downloaded into your head Before you opened your eyes. So answer one question Before you call me a clone— If your memories aren't yours... How do you know you're the original? [Silence] [PRE-CHORUS — both voices alternating] 001: Get out of my head! 002: I live there. 001: Get out of my skin! 002: We share it. 001: Tell me who I am! 002: You already know. BOTH: ONE OF US IS REAL. ONE OF US HAS TO GO. [CHORUS — MASSIVE] WHO'S THE CLONE?! YOU OR ME?! SAME BLOOD! SAME FACE! SAME MEMORY! If I stop you— Do I lose myself? If you are me— THEN WHO AM I?! MIRROR! MIRROR! TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW! WHICH ONE IS THE MAN... AND WHICH ONE IS THE GHOST?! [Verse 2 — RAP BATTLE] 001: I remember Dad! 002: So do I. 001: His voice! 002: So do I. 001: The night he disappeared! 002: You mean the night— WE FELL? [beat stops] 001: ... What did you say? 002 — faster: Project Mirror wasn't cloning flesh, They copied consciousness after death. One brain mapped into two new frames, Two beating hearts carrying one man's pain. 1. 2. Neither born. Both designed. Two different bodies— ONE SHARED MIND. 001: You're lying! 002: Check the file. 001: You're lying! 002: Then why can't you remember being a child? 001: I CAN! 002: Really? Tell me your school. Your teacher. Your street. Your first best friend. ... Nothing? That's what I thought. [BUILD] 001: No... No... Those memories are mine. 002: They're ours. 001: I'M REAL! 002: Prove it. [BREAKDOWN] 001: I BLEED! 002: SO DO I! 001: I FEEL! 002: SO DO I! 001: I'M ALIVE! 002: SO. AM. I. BOTH: SAME CODE! SAME BLOOD! SAME HATE! SAME LOVE! YOU WANT AN ORIGINAL?! THERE NEVER WAS ONE! [SYSTEM VOICE] PROJECT MIRROR synchronization increasing. 41% 58% 76% Neural identities merging. [FINAL CHORUS — BOTH VOICES] WHO'S THE CLONE?! YOU OR ME?! SAME BLOOD! SAME FACE! SAME MEMORY! If I stop you— I lose myself. Because you're me— AND I'M YOU AS WELL! MIRROR! MIRROR! NOW I FINALLY KNOW! There ain't a man. There ain't a ghost. WE'RE TWO HALVES OF THE SAME DAMN SOUL! [Outro] [both breathing] 001: So... What happens now? 002: Now? [alarm begins] SYSTEM: PROJECT MIRROR subjects synchronized. Primary threat level: CRITICAL. Deploying termination units. 002: Now they're coming for us both. 001: How many? [pause] SYSTEM: 1,247 units activated. ... 001: You ready? 002: No. [machinery activating] 002: But I'm done backing down. [beat kicks once] 001: Good. Let's break the code. [END]
